This is a First Day Cover to Commemmorate the launch of Appollo 14, Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899, postmarked by the United States Postal Service, 31 January, 1971. Dimensions are: 6 1/2" width by 3 3/4" height. No copyright notice Public Domain as per Rule 5 of the United States Copyright Statutes. Etext created by Gerard Arthus.
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Dr. George M. Lowe, left, Acting Administrator of NASA, and Dr. von Braun monitor the Apollo 14 prelaunch activities in the Firing Room of the Launch Control Center at the Kennedy Space Center.
Topics: What -- Apollo 14, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
Source: http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/abstracts.php?p=965
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This is a view from sequential photographs of the Apollo 14 liftoff taken by a remote camera atop the 360-foot gantry level of Launch Complex 39A. The Apollo 14, carrying a crew of three astronauts: Mission commander Alan B. Shepard Jr., Command Module pilot Stuart A. Roosa, and Lunar Module pilot Edgar D. Mitchell, lifted off from launch complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on January 31, 1971. It was the third manned lunar landing, the first manned landing in exploration of the lunar...
Topics: What -- Apollo 14, What -- Moon, What -- Earth, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
Source: http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/abstracts.php?p=1189
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Dr. Wernher von Braun, NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for Future Programs, uses binoculars to monitor data on the closed-circuit TV screen in the Firing Room of the Launch Control Center at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) during the final preparation for the Apollo 14 launch.
Topics: What -- Apollo 14, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
Source: http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/abstracts.php?p=1457
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The Apollo 14 Saturn V Space Vehicle, carrying Astronauts Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Stuart A. Roosa, and Edgar D. Mitchell, lifted off at 4:03 p.m. EST on January 31, 1971, from the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A, to begin the fourth manned lunar landing mission.
Topics: Rocket Launches, Apollo 14, What -- Apollo 14, What -- Saturn, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
Source: http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-000633.html
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The moon bound Apollo 14, carrying a crew of three astronauts: Mission commander Alan B. Shepard Jr., Command Module pilot Stuart A. Roosa, and Lunar Module pilot Edgar D. Mitchell, lifted off from launch complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on January 31, 1971. It was the third manned lunar landing, the first manned landing in exploration of the lunar highlands, and it demonstrated pinpoint landing capability. The major goal of Apollo 14 was the scientific exploration of the Moon in the...
Topics: What -- Moon, What -- Apollo 14, What -- Earth, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
Source: http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/abstracts.php?p=2967
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The moon bound Apollo 14, carrying a crew of three astronauts: Mission commander Alan B. Shepard Jr., Command Module pilot Stuart A. Roosa, and Lunar Module pilot Edgar D. Mitchell, lifted off from launch complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on January 31, 1971, and safely returned to Earth on February 9, 1971. It was the third manned lunar landing, the first manned landing in exploration of the lunar highlands, and it demonstrated pinpoint landing capability. The major goal of Apollo 14 was...
Topics: What -- Moon, What -- Apollo 14, What -- Earth, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
Source: http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/abstracts.php?p=2966
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Apollo 14 astronauts listen to official greetings from the Mobile Quarantine Facility aboard the USS New Orleans following their safe return from the third manned lunar landing mission. Pictured (from left to right) are Stuart A. Roosa, Command Module pilot ; Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Mission commander; and Edgar D. Mitchell, Lunar Module pilot. The Apollo 14 crew launched from launch complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on January 31, 1971 and safely returned to Earth on February 9, 1971. It...
Topics: What -- Apollo 14, What -- Earth, What -- Moon, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
Source: http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/abstracts.php?p=2965
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Official Crew photo of the Apollow 11 Prime Crew. From left to right are astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Commander; Michael Collins, Command Module Pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., Lunar Module Pilot.
Topics: Who -- Neil A. Armstrong, Who -- Michael Collins, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=23274
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This photograph was taken during the installation of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) in the Lunar Module at the Kennedy Space Center. The LRV was built to give Apollo astronauts a greater range of mobility during the last three lunar exploration missions; Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17. It was designed and developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center and built by the Boeing Company.
Topics: What -- Apollo 15, What -- Apollo 16, What -- Apollo 17, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Where...
Source: http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/abstracts.php?p=1201
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This photograph was taken during the installation of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) in the Lunar Module at the Kennedy Space Center. The LRV was built to give Apollo astronauts a greater range of mobility during the last three lunar exploration missions; Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17. It was designed and developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center and built by the Boeing Company.
Topics: What -- Apollo 15, What -- Apollo 16, What -- Apollo 17, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Where...
Source: http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/abstracts.php?p=1217
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This photograph shows the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) being prepared for installation in the Lunar Module at the Kennedy Space Center. The LRV was built to give Apollo astronauts a greater range of mobility during the last three lunar exploration missions; Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17. It was designed and developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center and built by the Boeing Company.
Topics: What -- Apollo 15, What -- Apollo 16, What -- Apollo 17, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Where...
Source: http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/abstracts.php?p=1200
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Apollo 15 astronauts that will be involved in the first time use of the Lunar Roving Vehicle, participate in a Crew Fit and Functional Test in the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building. Commander James B. Irwin and Command Module Pilot Alfred M. Worden, Jr., will drive the Lunar Roving Vehicle for the first time on the Moon's surface. The landing site for the Lunar Module is the Hadley-Apennine area of the Moon.
Topics: What -- Apollo 15, What -- Moon, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=16253
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Overall view of the Apollo 15 Lunar Roving Vehicle and the Lunar Module during simulations with the rover at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Astronauts David R. Scott, commander, and James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot, took part in the training in preparation for their lunar surface extravehicular activity scheduled on the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission.
Topics: Who -- David R. Scott, Who -- James Irwin, What -- Apollo 15, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
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High angle view showing the Apollo 15 (Spacecraft 112/Lunar Module 10/Saturn 510) space vehicle on the way from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center (KSC). The Saturn V stack and its mobile launch tower are atop a huge crawler-transporter.
Topics: What -- Apollo 15, What -- Saturn, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
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The 363-foot tall Apollo Saturn V space vehicle is leaving the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) for Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Florida. The Saturn V stack and its mobile launch tower are atop a crawler-transporter. The "stack" and the VAB are reflected in the turning basin.
Topics: Saturn V, Apollo 15, What -- Saturn, What -- Apollo 15, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Where...
Source: http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-001118.html
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The 363-foot tall Apollo (Spacecraft 112/Lunar Module 10/Saturn 510) space vehicle is leaving the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) for Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center (KSC). The Saturn V stack and its mobile launch tower are atop a crawler-transporter. The stack and the VAB are reflected in the body of water in front of the building.
Topics: What -- Saturn, What -- Apollo 15, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
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The two moon-exploring crew members of the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission train with the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida, wearing their complete Extravehicular Mobility Units (EMU). Astronaut David R. Scott, mission commander, is at right, with Astronaut James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot, at left. Brightly colored protective thermal foil material is used on the Ground Commanded Color Television Assembly (GCTA), above, and the Lunar Communciations Relay Unit...
Topics: Who -- David R. Scott, Who -- James Irwin, What -- Moon, What -- Apollo 15, Where -- Kennedy Space...
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The 363-foot tall Apollo 15 Saturn V is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 9:34:00.79 a.m., July 26, 1971, on a lunar landing mission. Note that the launch is reflected in a body of water across from the launch complex.
Topics: Rocket Launches, Apollo 15, What -- Apollo 15, What -- Saturn, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC),...
Source: http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-001115.html
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Astronauts David R. Scott (right), commander, and James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot, are shown on the Lunar Roving Vehicle at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) during Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity simlations.
Topics: Who -- David R. Scott, Who -- James Irwin, What -- Apollo 15, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Apollo 15 Lunar Module Pilot James B. Irwin will be making his first space flight when he is launched to the Moon with astronauts David R. Scott and AlfredN. Worden. Irwin and Scott will conduct three traverses of the Moon's Hadley-Apennine region while Worden maintains the command module in lunar orbit and conducts experiments. They will be launched to the Moon no earlier than July 26, 1971.
Topics: Who -- David R. Scott, What -- Apollo 15, What -- Moon, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=16279
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Apollo 15 astronauts pause in front of a mission simulator during a training exercise at the Kennedy Space Center. The trio will be launched to the Moon no earlier than July 26, 1971. They are, left to right, David R. Scott, commander; Alfred N. Worden, command module pilot; and James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot.
Topics: Who -- David R. Scott, What -- Apollo 15, What -- Moon, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=16281
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Apollo 15 flight crew, Commander David R. Scott, Lunar Module Pilot James B. Irwin, and Command Module Pilot Alfred M. Worden, Jr., participate in a mission simulation in the Command Module and the Lunar Module.
Topics: Who -- David R. Scott, What -- Apollo 15, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=16260
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Apollo 15 Commander David R. Scott, left, and James B. Irwin practice an aspect of their upcoming lunar landing mission in the Lunar Module Simulator located at the Kennedy Space Center. They will be launched to the Moon, along with Command Module Pilot Alfred M. Worden, no earlier than July 26, 1971.
Topics: Who -- David R. Scott, What -- Apollo 15, What -- Moon, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=16254
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Apollo 15 Commander David R. Scott operates the battery-powered Lunar Surface Drill during a training exercise at a man-made replica of the Moon's Hadley-Apennine region at the Kennedy Space Center. During his upcoming mission, scheduled to begin no earlier than July 26, 1971, Scott will drill to a depth of about 10 feet to obtain lunar surface core samples and conduct the Heat Flow Experiment. This experiment is designed to measure the rate of heat loss from the...
Topics: Who -- David R. Scott, What -- Apollo 15, What -- Moon, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=16255
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Apollo 15 Commander David R. Scott operates the battery-powered Lunar Surface Drill during a training exercise at a man-made replica of the Moon's Hadley-Apennine region at the Kennedy Space Center. During his upcoming mission, scheduled to begin no earlier than July 26, 1971, Scott will drill to a depth of about 10 feet to obtain lunar surface core samples and conduct the Heat Flow Experiment. This experiment is designed to measure the rate of heat loss from the...
Topics: Who -- David R. Scott, What -- Apollo 15, What -- Moon, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=16256
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Apollo 15 Lunar Module Pilot James B. Irwin deploys the Suprathermal Ion Detector Experiment during a training exercise at the Kennedy Space Center. Mission Commander David R. Scott is working in the background on the simulated lunar surface, a replica of the Moon's Hadley-Apennine region. They will be launched to the Moon no earlier than July 26, 1971, along with Command Module Pilot Alfred M. Worden.
Topics: Who -- David R. Scott, What -- Apollo 15, What -- Moon, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=16257
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Apollo 15 Saturn V Space Vehicle is seen from a camera located at the mobile launcher's 360-foot level at Launch Pad 39A during venting of the liquid oxygen during the "wet" portion of the Countdown Demonstration Test today. Astronauts David R. Scott, Commander; James B. Irwin, Lunar Module Pilot; and Alfred M. Worden, Jr., Command Module Pilot, will participate tomorrow in the "dry" portion of the Countdown Demonstration Test (CDDT), as a...
Topics: Who -- David R. Scott, What -- Apollo 15, What -- Saturn, What -- Moon, Where -- Kennedy Space...
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=16259
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Apollo 15 Command Module Pilot Alfred M. Worden undergoes spacesuit pressure checks prior to participating in the space vehicle Countdown Demonstration Test. Lunar Module Pilot James B. Irwin is visible in the rear while David R. Scott, the Commander for Apollo 15, is not shown. The test is a rehearsal in preparation for the scheduled Moon mission, scheduled no earlier than July 26, 1971.
Topics: Who -- David R. Scott, What -- Apollo 15, What -- Moon, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=16258
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Aerial view of Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center (KSC), showing the 363-foot tall Apollo (Spacecraft 112/Lunar Module 10/Saturn 510) space vehicle on pad. This photograph was taken during Apollo 15 Countdown Demonstration Test (CDDT) activity.
Topics: What -- Apollo 15, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
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During the Apollo 15 launch activities in the launch control center's firing room 1 at Kennedy Space Center, Dr. Wernher von Braun, NASA's Deputy Associate Administrator for planning, takes a closer look at the launch pad through binoculars. The fifth manned lunar landing mission, Apollo 15 (SA-510), carrying a crew of three astronauts: Mission commander David R. Scott, Lunar Module pilot James B. Irwin, and Command Module pilot Alfred M. Worden Jr., lifted off on July 26, 1971. Astronauts...
Topics: Who -- David R. Scott, What -- Apollo 15, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Where -- Marshall...
Source: http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/abstracts.php?p=2780
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This is the Apollo 15 Moon landing mission logo. Apollo 15 launched from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on July 26, 1971 via a Saturn Five launch vehicle. Aboard was a crew of three astronauts including David R. Scott, Mission Commander; James B. Irwin, Lunar Module Pilot; and Alfred M. Worden, Command Module Pilot. It was the first mission designed to explore the Moon over longer periods, greater ranges, and with more instruments for the collection of scientific data than on previous missions. The...
Topics: Who -- David R. Scott, Who -- Alfred Worden, What -- Apollo 15, What -- Moon, What -- Saturn, Where...
Source: http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/abstracts.php?p=2970
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Astronaut Alfred M. Worden, command module pilot, checks the connections to his suit during suiting up operations in the Kennedy Space Center's (KSC) Manned Spacecraft Operations Building during Apollo 15 prelaunch countdown (41407); Three Apollo 15 astronauts go through suiting up operations. They are David R. Scott (foreground), commander; Worden (center), command module pilot; and James B. Irwin (in background), lunar module pilot. With the crewmen was Dr. Donald K. Slyaton (wearing dark...
Topics: Who -- David R. Scott, Who -- James Irwin, Who -- Alfred M. Worden, What -- Apollo 15, Where --...
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During the Apollo 15 pre-launch activity in the launch control center's firing room 1 at Kennedy Space Center, the then recently appointed NASA Administrator, Dr. James C. Fletcher (right) speaks with (Left to right) William Anders, executive secretary of the National Aeronautics and Space Council; Lt. Captain Sam Phillips, former Apollo Program Director; and Dr. Wernher von Braun, NASA's Deputy Associate Administrator for planning.
Topics: Who -- William Anders, What -- Apollo 15, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
Source: http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/abstracts.php?p=2779
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Recently appointed NASA Administrator Dr. James C. Fletcher, left, and Dr. Wernher von Braun, Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning, monitor Apollo 15 prelaunch activities in Firing Room 1 of the Launch Control Center and the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
Topics: NASA Management, Apollo 15, What -- Apollo 15, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Where -- Florida
Source: http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-001620.html
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This view of the Earth?s crest over the lunar horizon was taken during the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission. Apollo 15 launched from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on July 26, 1971 via a Saturn V launch vehicle. Aboard was a crew of three astronauts including David R. Scott, Mission Commander; James B. Irwin, Lunar Module Pilot; and Alfred M. Worden, Command Module Pilot. The first mission designed to explore the Moon over longer periods, greater ranges and with more instruments for the...
Topics: Who -- David R. Scott, Who -- Alfred Worden, What -- Apollo 15, What -- Saturn, What -- Moon, Where...
Source: http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/abstracts.php?p=3032
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Astronaut Alfred M. Worden, command module pilot, checks the connections to his suit during suiting up operations in the Kennedy Space Center's (KSC) Manned Spacecraft Operations Building during Apollo 15 prelaunch countdown (41407); Three Apollo 15 astronauts go through suiting up operations. They are David R. Scott (foreground), commander; Worden (center), command module pilot; and James B. Irwin (in background), lunar module pilot. With the crewmen was Dr. Donald K. Slyaton (wearing dark...
Topics: Who -- David R. Scott, Who -- James Irwin, Who -- Alfred M. Worden, What -- Apollo 15, Where --...
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The huge, 363-foot tall Apollo 15 (spacecraft 112/Lunar Module 10/Saturn 510) space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida, at 9:34:00:79 a.m. (EDT), July 26, 1971, on a lunar landing mission.
Topics: What -- Apollo 15, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Where -- Florida
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A technician adjusts the spacesuit of Apollo 15 Lunar Module Pilot James B. Irwin prior to his launch to the Moon today with astronauts David R. Scott and Alfred N. Worden. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration directs the Apollo program.
Topics: Who -- David R. Scott, What -- Apollo 15, What -- Moon, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=16280
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Apollo 15 Saturn V Space Vehicle soars into the skies after liftoff at Launch Pad 39A marking the beginning of NASA's fourth Manned Lunar Landing Mission. The astronauts aboard are David R. Scott, commander; James B. Irwin, Lunar Module pilot; and Alfred M. Worden Jr., Command Module pilot. The landing site for the Lunar Module is the Hadley-Apennine area of the Moon, about 465 miles north of the Lunar Equator. The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) will be used for...
Topics: Who -- David R. Scott, What -- Apollo 15, What -- Saturn, What -- Moon, Where -- Kennedy Space...
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=16790
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This is a photo of the Apollo 15 Lunar Module, Falcon, on the lunar surface. Apollo 15 launched from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on July 26, 1971 via a Saturn V launch vehicle. Aboard was a crew of three astronauts including David R. Scott, Mission Commander; James B. Irwin, Lunar Module Pilot; and Alfred M. Worden, Command Module Pilot. The first mission designed to explore the Moon over longer periods, greater ranges and with more instruments for the collection of scientific data than on...
Topics: Who -- David R. Scott, Who -- Alfred Worden, What -- Apollo 15, What -- Saturn, What -- Moon, Where...
Source: http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/abstracts.php?p=3034
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The prime crew for the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission are: Commander, Eugene A. Cernan (seated), Command Module pilot Ronald E. Evans (standing on right), and Lunar Module pilot, Harrison H. Schmitt. They are photographed with a Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) trainer. Cernan and Schmitt will use an LRV during their exploration of the Taurus-Littrow landing site. The Apollo 17 Saturn V Moon rocket is in the background. This picture was taken at Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center (KSC),...
Topics: Astronauts, Apollo 17, What -- Apollo 17, What -- Taurus, What -- Saturn, What -- Moon, Where --...
Source: http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-001151.html
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George Carruthers, center, principal investigator for the Lunar Surface Ultraviolet Camera, discusses the instrument with Apollo 16 Commander John Young, right. Carruthers is employed by the Naval Research Lab in Washington, D.C. From left are Lunar Module Pilot Charles Duke and Rocco Petrone, Apollo Program Director. This photograph was taken during an Apollo lunar surface experiments review in the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building at the Kennedy Space Center.
Topics: Astronauts, NASA-Center-Directors, Apollo 16, Who -- John Young, Who -- Charles Duke, What --...
Source: http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-001859.html
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Apollo 16 Commander, John Young, center; and Lunar Module Pilot Charles Duke, foreground, inspect the Lunar Roving Vehicle they will use for transportation on the Moon during a Deployment Test in the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building at the Kennedy Space Center. The Rover is stored in the Ascent Stage of the Lunar Module for the trip to the Lunar surface. This inspection came during a review of Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments at the Spaceport. Launch is set for March 17.
Topics: Astronauts, Apollo 17, Who -- John Young, Who -- Charles Duke, What -- Apollo 16, What -- Moon,...
Source: http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-001858.html
